Memory In many ways having memory means we actually exist. If we didn’t have memory, it would be impossible to know who we are, our names, familiar places, what we like or dislike and everything to do with our relationship with our inner as well as the outside world. We would always be living in pre

BRIDGE A structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle, such as a river. A structure built over water, a low place, or a railroad so people can cross. (e.g. a bridge connecting the island to the mainland) A time, place or means of connection or transition (e.g. a bridge betw

When Daniel Goleman published his influential book about EQ – Emotional Quotient or emotional intelligence, it revolutionised popular science. He presented a combination of Howard Gardner’s two personal intelligences – intrapersonal and interpersonal. Basically, it is about knowing yours

Here’s a short list – just 10 examples – of idioms involving places or nationalities All roads lead to Rome – There can be many different ways of doing something or all the methods of doing something will achieve the same result in the end Take a French leave – Go away witho

You know that we have several words to denote “intelligent” in English. Clever, bright, outstanding, brilliant… However, how would you define intelligence? We still have a pretty limited idea of what this means and is mainly associated with academic and school excellence. “She was excellent at maths

This is an old tale The Dog and the Sparrow A sheep dog had not a good master, but one who let him suffer hunger. As he could stay no longer with him, he went quite sadly away. On the road he met a sparrow who said, “Brother dog, why art thou so sad?” The dog replied, “I am hungry, and have nothing

The Right-hand Brain Carrying on from our previous article about the brain, we should mention that it has two distinct neo-cortexical sections which are the right and left hemispheres which ‘contain’ very different attributes. Before we go on, it might be useful to assign them to their respective he

LESS or FEWER We use LESS when we are referring to something that has no plural or cannot be counted. (for example, weather, time) It refers to a smaller amount, not as much, or a decreased value of something. “There was less snow than they expected.” We use FEWER when we are referring to peo

One of the great unknowns and certainly one of the remaining frontiers still pending for discovery is something very close to us and that is our brain. We now know that we use very little of its capacity and most of this vital organ is still undiscovered territory. How does the brain work? It all de

This is a traditional Jamaican story. Hope you enjoy it. Escaping slowly A goat was walking along with her two kids looking for some nice sweet grass when it began to rain. It was really coming down, so she ran under a big rock ledge to get some shelter, not knowing that it was Lion’s h